Casselman, PA is a small town located in the southwestern corner of Pennsylvania. With a population of just over 2,000 people, it is a quiet and peaceful place to live. In terms of politics, the town relies on state-level representatives to represent their interests in Harrisburg. From state senators to representatives for the House of Representatives, residents are always kept informed about who is representing them and what bills they are striving to pass through the legislature. Additionally, local elections often bring out many candidates with passionate platforms to bring change to the community. Last year’s election yielded an incredible amount of participation from both incumbents and newcomers alike as they vied for votes and offered new solutions to ongoing issues in Casselman. Though not all candidates were elected into office, it was clear that everyone had the same goal – doing their part to keep Casselman prosperous and thriving.
The political climate in Casselman, PA is very conservative.
Somerset County, PA is very conservative. In Somerset County, PA 21.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Somerset county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.5% to 21.3%.
Somerset county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Casselman, PA is very conservative.
Somerset County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Somerset Metro Area is very conservative.
Pennsylvania is leaning liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Casselman, Pennsylvania: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Casselman, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $16,200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $2,700 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $6,251 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $329 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)